Kent gets £16m BSIPS funding
DfT has today (Wednesday 21 June 2023) announced £16.1m of funding for Kent County Council for their Bus Service Improvement Plan (BSIP). The...
CPT welcomes PSVAR Call for Evidence
Responding to the news that DfT has announced a Call for Evidence in relation to PSVAR, Keith McNally, CPT’s Operations Director, said: “Now is...
Does PSVAR really work for coaches?
The Department for Transport has issued a Call for Evidence into the PSVAR regulation, drafted 25 years ago. I very strongly urge all coach...
Driver CPC reform in the works
Plans to reform the way Driver CPC (DCPC) training is worked are being consulted over. The key changes include offering in parallel to the existing...
Coach operators urged to take survey
Coach operators are being called on to respond to a survey on decarbonising coaches. The Zero Emission Coach Taskforce (ZECT) will shortly begin...
Mayor growing increasingly concerned over TfL funding
Sadiq Khan, the Mayor of London, claims TfL cannot wait any longer for a more long-term funding deal from the Government. His claim comes as...
PSVAR: medium term exemptions announced
The DfT has launched medium-term exemptions for PSVAR for rail replacement and home-to-school services. This replaces the current system of...
BSIP funding – industry reacts
After a long wait, recipients of the £7bn Bus Service Improvement Plan (BSIP) funding have been announced. Throwing up much speculation where the...